Frontiers Unexplored

45) Of Air and Earth

Daipenmon was the first one to unleash an attack once Jesmon was in range. He raised his axe and gripped it a bit tighter as snowballs began to spiral forth from the tip. Jesmon, who was still recovering from the damage that he had done to the ground, was hit in the side by Daipenmon's attack. It didn't do as much damage as Daipenmon had been hoping though, and instead of actually being hurt significantly, Jesmon simply slid backwards across the ground before recovering once again. 

Cybelemon snarled in Jesmon's direction and shook their head. "You shouldn't be doing this. I don't care what the hell Lucemon has been promising you in the past few centuries, but destroying the Digital World isn't worth it. You're just going to reinstate a tyrant and watch the world crumble. Have you ever considered that there won't be a Digital World left for him to rule over if you completely destroy it the way that you and the rest of your aggravating comrades have been?" they questioned. 

Jesmon charged towards Cybelemon, one sword outstretched in front of his body. Cybelemon held up their claws to block the attack from making contact. They closed their hand around the edge of the blade, only kept from being cut thanks the dark armor surrounding their body. Cybelemon threw Jesmon backwards over their head with all the strength that they possessed, and Cybelemon had to admit that they were quietly impressed with how much raw power they had come to possess since arriving in the Digital World. 

Jesmon was caught by surprise by Cybelemon's bold action as well, and he glared in response. "Lord Lucemon can create this world a thousand times over if he so pleases. How do you think the Digital World was able to recover after the Human and Beast Digimon stopped fighting in the initial war that Lord Lucemon stopped? He allowed this land to recover because he had the power to bring it back to its previous state. Lord Lucemon is the only one who will be able to save this world. No other creature will be able to restore it to what it once was," he explained. 

Cybelemon continued to snarl at Jesmon, unwilling to give him even a single sign of weakness. They really didn't want to believe that he was correct about Lucemon being the only one able to restore the Digital World to its former state. Perhaps that was why Lucemon and his proxies had been so bold with destroying the Digital World. They knew that he would be able to bring it back from the brink of destruction as soon as he was ready to do so. It made a striking amount of sense, but it wasn't as if Cybelemon was actually going to admit that to Jesmon. They couldn't lose nerve after coming so far. The Digital World was going to find a way to recover without Lucemon's influence even if it took a thousand generations for the realm to get back to being the splendid place that it had once been. 

Zephyrmon raised one hand in the air before dropping it down confidently. A spiral of wind appeared in front of their torso before spiraling towards Jesmon. The Royal Knight shrugged it off easily before glancing up to her with uncaring eyes. Jesmon launched himself in her direction before attempting to stab in her direction. 

Luckily, Zephyrmon was far faster than Jesmon was, and she was able to swoop beneath his attack before bursting upwards and delivering a mighty slash to Jesmon's back when his defenses were lowered due to the strike he was attempting to deal. Jesmon growled at her before whirling around, and his cape struck her torso before he kicked at her. Zephyrmon wasn't able to avoid this attack in time due to how suddenly it had been crafted, causing her to plummet through the skies and hit the ground below. A few seconds later, Zephyrmon rose from the fiery leaves below, her wings still beating powerfully. 

"You're outmatched, and you have to be aware of that," Jesmon remarked. "Give up the Fractal Code of this area or face the consequences. I don't know why you would want to try and stand up to me. There's no point for you to try and succeed in this fight. I'm going to defeat you one way or another, but you can survive to fight another day if you leave now. I won't even chase after you if you surrender the Fractal Code of Flame Terminal to the Royal Knights."